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We reviewed our hip fracture database to determine correlation between delays to surgery and mortality in our elderly hip fracture population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data on all hip fracture patients admitted to a large district hospital were prospectively collected between January 1989 and August 2021. Time of the injury, time of admission and time of surgery were recorded. Patients over 60\u00a0years old with a hip fracture requiring operative management were included. Patients with pathological fractures, those managed conservatively, and patients delayed for medical reasons were excluded. Surgical timing categories were divided into; under 12\u00a0h, 12\u201324\u00a0h, 24\u201372\u00a0h and over 72\u00a0h.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Time from admission to surgery was recorded for 10,659 patients, of these time of fall was available for 10,346 patients. Mean age was 82.2\u00a0years (sd 8.39) for the cohort and 30\u00a0day mortality was 6.20%.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Odds of 30-day mortality was 1.43 (CI 1.057\u20131.988,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.025) for delay to surgery from admission of over 12\u00a0h compared to under 12\u00a0h. Odds ratios for 30-day mortality were not significant at any other time threshold. The odds of 30-day mortality for delay to surgery from time of fall were 1.550 (CI 1.026\u20132.459,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.048) at the 12\u00a0h threshold.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is the largest prospective study to date in elderly patients with hip fractures demonstrating a statistically significant increase in 30-day mortality with a delay to surgery over 12\u00a0h.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00590-024-03997-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,6]],"date-time":"2024-06-06T23:32:14Z","timestamp":1717716734000},"page":"2973-2980","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Delay to surgery beyond 12 hours is associated with increased hip fracture mortality"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8759-5451","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Madeline","family":"Warren","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9569-0734","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chris","family":"Bretherton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3687-5629","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martyn","family":"Parker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"3997_CR1","unstructured":"Royal College of Physicians (2021) Improving understanding\u2014the national hip fracture database report on 2021, 2022:1\u201321"},{"key":"3997_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"947","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.38790.468519.55","volume":"332","author":"A Bottle","year":"2006","unstructured":"Bottle A, Aylin P (2006) Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study. 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